The situation was desperate. Mulla
Nasrudin had been bitten by a rabid dog and the doctors were not certain that
he had begun treatment in time to save him.
After a consultation on the matter,
they came into the room and told him the plain truth -- that he might develop
hydrophobia -- that his chances were pretty bad.
Instead of seeming to be upset at the
news, Mulla Nasrudin asked for a pen and paper and began to write at great
length. After an hour of steady writing, his nurse said to him, "What are you
writing, Mulla? Is it your will or a letter to your family?"
"NO," said Nasrudin,
"IT'S A LIST OF PEOPLE I AM GOING TO BITE."
